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Saint Peter of Alcántara. Etching by Wagner.

Aesculapius. Engraving by I. Wagner after Antonio Maria (Girolamo) Zanetti and Antonio Maria (Alessandro) Zanetti.

Saint Francis of Assisi supported by an angel is receiving the stigmata of Christ; two angels in the sky. Etching, 17--.

Evening: shepherds, labourers on their way home after a day of work, followed by two women and a child who cross a stream. Etching by J. Wagner after G. Zocchi.

Saint Ignatius of Loyola. Engraving.

An alchemist holding tongs at his furnace. Etching by J. Wagner after D. Maggiotto.

A dying gladiator. Etching by J. Wagner after R. Dalton, 1744.

The sudarium of Saint Veronica presented by weeping angels. Engraving by J. Wagner after J. Amigoni.

Saint Gereon being thrown into a well by two men; soldiers in the background. Engraving by J. Wagner after F. Sigrist, 17--.

Saint John the Evangelist. Etching.

Saint Luke, writing his gospel. Etching.

Naked children play on a swing, supervised by women, while the men are sleeping or staring in the distance; denoting that men pay much attention to minor dangers while they ignore the omnipresence of accidental death. Engraving by G. Wagner after G. Lazzarini.

Carlo Broschi known as Farinelli crowned by music. Line engraving by J. Wagner after J. Amigoni, 17--.

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Saint Luke, writing his gospel. Etching.

Naked children play on a swing, supervised by women, while the men are sleeping or staring in the distance; denoting that men pay much attention to minor dangers while they ignore the omnipresence of accidental death. Engraving by G. Wagner after G. Lazzarini.

Saint Peter of Alcántara. Etching by Wagner.

Carlo Broschi known as Farinelli crowned by music. Line engraving by J. Wagner after J. Amigoni, 17--.

The sudarium of Saint Veronica presented by weeping angels. Engraving by J. Wagner after J. Amigoni.

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